New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-06
HINTS And NOTES HERE AND ThERE.


Segator Hale of Maine. who is at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, will go to Europe this week to join his family
in Paris and spend the summer there. He has been
up Maine TO give orders Tor improvements on his
house and grounds. I" couldn't do much about the
place be said aughingy yesterday, tor there were
Jour feet OF snow aud could not be sure that there
we're any grounds to be improved
The habit of reticence has always been strong with
Congressman w L. Scott, OF Erie Ii has recently
become pronounced than ever. Some of mis-
political friends say it is due TO his having become
the Premier OF President Cles Glands kitchen Cabinet
while others declare that he is engaged in seeking TO
solve the problem OF how 10 pull tho Democratic
party ont of the hole into which il has plunged
There have been reports OF a;e that Mr. Scott !" 30
sell all OF his running and breeding horses. lie HIM
self will say nothing about it, An Old trsinor who
has his CONFIDENCE, said yesterday Mr.. Scott IA not
selling anything but colts lie can't raise and train
hundred colts and 40 lets some OF thea CO. That is
all thoro Is OF it,"
Some idea of tho rapid extension OF electric lighting
was given yesterday by papers saw transferring
the American aud foreign patents and the entire stock
machinery and property o the FullerWoOd Electrical
Company TO the American Electric Manufacturing
Company. The former owned the original Gramme
and Fuller wood patents; and the pun chasing con-
pany controls both. FOR some time past the
American Company has been paying the Fuller Wood
Company royalties on the Grammc and Wood patents
OF about $4,000 year. The patents have seventeen
and II is safe to estimate that with the
II would have up 10 O,DUO aud over per
annum. Computing interest nj PER cent per annum,
this sum would have reached about S2.OOO,OOO Tor
that period. Ills purc base ends all payments OF
roy sltics by the American Company, ms II uses only
the Wood and Granme inventions, aud these com
bned cover all the fundamental principles of electric
lighting. 1hii purchase will aid TT least
81 OLO,O00 10 the intrinsic value OF the American
Company's stock The papers were signed yesterday
by William W. Appleton. president OF the Fuller.
Wood Company, and Edwards II. Goh. president OF
the American Electric Manufacturing Company. This
transier adds financial strength 10 the Ainerl-
can Company. which will naturally be OF great ad-
vantage TO it in its future business.
Captain George siddons Murray, VINO commands
the Guion steamer Alaska, is a Scotchnan by biIth,
aud as big and robust a son OF Caedonis as could
be desired lie is about five and forty years of age,
three inches thsn six feet in height, with broad
shoulders, expansive chest, veather-be COM
pexion and full brown beard. lie Ia popular with
passengers and his strong right arm has helped many
a lady slippery and rocking decks. On board
his ship yesterday, just before she sailed lie SAID
Judging from apI earances there VIII be a marked
INN, ration to the United States this year On our
last trip from Liverpool we had nearly 300 IN the
steerage and icould have brought a conple OF hun
dred more If could have done 30 without violating
the law which prescrbes that the number OF steerase
passengers carried shall be governed by the cubic
capacity OF the quarters assigned to them. Many
believe the law insists space for each pass
enger than Is at all necessary